The Controversial Role That Led to Willem Dafoe Being "Uncast" From a Movie
Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Willem Dafoe noted that the backlash grew so severe that he was dropped from a project ...
Martin Scorsese names his most challenging production: “It was a nightmare”
Scorsese was public enemy number one among certain Christian communities, even though he tried to explain that his work was ...
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Paul Schrader on ‘Canada as a metaphor’ in his new film
Schrader tells The Treatment why he probably won’t end up writing a memoir. Plus he shares what he thinks John Wayne had in ...
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Mel Gibson Says Martin Scorsese Wanted to Cast Him as Jesus in ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’
He’s talking to me about the ‘The Last Temptation of Christ ... with a “Passion Of The Christ” sequel centered on the Resurrection biblical story. The film will aptly be titled ...
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Director Paul Schrader ordered scripts from ChatGPT: «Why should screenwriters spend months looking for an idea that AI creates in seconds?»
Director, screenwriter, and film critic Paul Schrader tried ordering screenplay ideas from ChatGPT. It seems the artist is ...
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Veteran filmmaker Paul Schrader praises ChatGPT and urged writers to use it
In one controversial statement that fans didn't like, Paul Schrader, who is known for films like Raging Bull (1980), The Last ...
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Willem Dafoe Calls All the Criticism that The Last Temptation of Christ Received 'Strange': 'It Became a Huge Antisemitic Thing'
The 69-year-old veteran actor went on to explain that The Last Temptation of Christ, as a movie adaptation of the book, reinterpreted the story of Jesus by focusing on his human side rather than ...
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Willem Dafoe says he was ‘uncast’ from movie due to hugely controversial past role
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Mel Gibson Wants to Shoot ‘Passion of the Christ’ Sequel Next Year and Talks New Details
Though the film was considered anti-Semitic due ... he was contacted by Martin Scorsese about starring in ‘The Last Temptation of Christ.’ This is what Gibson recalls: “While I was there ...
Denis Villeneuve names his favourite Martin Scorsese movie: “Amazes me still”
Another filmmaker with whom Villeneuve has a special connecti on is Martin Scorsese. You wouldn’t immediately associate the ...
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Willem Dafoe slams “The Last Temptation of Christ” criticism: ‘It Turned Antisemitic’
Willem Dafoe recently discussed the lasting impact of his role in the controversial 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ. In the movie, Dafoe portrays Jesus, and the world is shocked, largely ...